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Throw a Pie This #GivingTuesday

November 26, 2025

Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to support our students as part of the Give to Gators campaign and throw a pie at your favorite faculty or staff member! There Will Be Pie 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. on the South Deck Goal: Have fun while raising $1K+ for UHD...

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Food Services' News, Dec. 1-5

November 26, 2025

Get More with GatorCash Make the most of campus dining when you pay with GatorCash! Get extra $10 GatorCash when you buy $130 GatorCash.  To Purchase GatorCash visit gatorcard.uhd.edu. Click Here to learn more about ways to save on GatorCash! Gator...

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UHD’s Holiday Toy Drive and “Toys for Tickets”

November 25, 2025

This year the UHD Police Department and Staff Council are sponsoring UHD’s Holiday Toy Drive from now until Dec. 11 in support of Betsy Ross and Ketelson Elementary schools and Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men. In...

Kenneth Garcia stands with an oversized check with words that read Univision's Tu Futuro Scholarship Presidented to Kenneth Garcia. University of Houston Downtown President Loren Blanchard stands next to Garcia.

First “Tu Futuro” Scholar To Graduate This December

November 25, 2025 | By Adrin Martin

When Kenneth Garcia receives his UHD diploma this December, he will be the first “Tu Futuro” (Your Future) scholarship recipient to graduate from UHD. Garcia earned the award as a high school senior in 2022 and will earn his bachelor’s degree in...

Eight university students smile at the university of houston downtown. Text reads university of houston-downtown fall open house, saturday, october 25, 2025, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. website link is uhd.edu/openhouse

UHD Students Shine at the AAF District Competition

November 25, 2025 | By Jasmine Flores

Several Gators earned top prizes in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) District 10 Competition.

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Food Services' News, Nov. 24-26

November 21, 2025

HOLIDAY HOURS Gator Bite Café and Starbucks are CLOSED Nov. 26-30. Visit dineoncampus.com/uhd for updates on Dining Hours  Nov. 3-25 Finals Bundle | Gator Bite Café C-Store Stay fueled during finals week! Grab 3 Awake Chocolate Squares, 1 Belvita...

An Ed-U-Gator parade float and Ed-U-Gator the University of Houston-Downtown mascot in Downtown Houston at the H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Show Your Gator Pride This Thanksgiving!

November 20, 2025

Thursday, Nov. 27, will mark the third Thanksgiving Day in a row featuring the 45-foot-tall Ed-U-Gator balloon in Houston’s annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year he will be joined by UHD cheerleaders, the Gatorettes dance team, and a...

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Support Our Gators This GivingTuesday

November 20, 2025

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Since then, it has grown into a year-round global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate...

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A Reflection on “Cadence of Light: Signal, Surface, Field”

November 20, 2025 | By Marie Jacinto

It was like seeing an old friend—or 20 old friends—and falling back into a sense of familiarity as if no time had passed at all. That’s how I felt upon entering La Colombe d’Or’s display of 20 works by the late Floyd Newsum, Jr., his highly...

womens volleyball team from university of houston downtown play a game of volleyball at the wellness and success center

In UHD Club Sports News…

November 20, 2025

We’re proud of our Lady Gators Volleyball Team! They had a fantastic season, completing it with a 6-3 record. The season ended with a 2-0 loss to the tournament champions, LSC Houston North. Not to worry…we’ll get them next year! And special...